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L. MOSOHGOWITZ.

SKIRT SUPPORTING SPRING.

No. 394,593. Patented Dec. 18. 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS MOSCHCOVITZ, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

SKIRT-SUPPORTING SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,593, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed February 4, 1888. serial No. 262,965. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS Moscncowrrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ladies Skirt-Springs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the springs shown in my Letters Patent No. 362,391, dated May 1887, and has for its object to provide a novel, simple, and efficient spring for ladies skirts, adapted to be firmly sewed at its ends and along its longitudinal edges to the skirt, and to then be bent to the desired semicircle and held and retained in such adjusted position for imparting the desired fullness to the dress.

The object-of my invention l accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation showing my inven- 3 tion. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the spring, omitting the tape. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification.

In the said drawings, the reference-nnmeral 1 denotes the skirt-spring, formed of a continuous piece of wire bent into a serpentine form, the similar and oppositely-projecting bends or portions, 2, lying in the same or substantially the same plane. The spring is formed of these serpentine bends throughout. \Vith this skirt-spring is combined the tape 3, of inelastic textile material, this tape being f applied by drawing it through first upon one side and then upon the other of the successive portions iof the wire, so that the tape may be said to be interlaced with the ser pentine. It is very important that the tape be coextensive with the width of the springthat is to say, the width of the tape equals the width of the spring, the object being to provide longitudinal textile edges, whereby the spring can be firmly sewed along its longitudinal edges or sides to the skirt, and thereby be held against any displacement. The tape also must be inelastic and exceed in length the length of the spring, and therefore the ends of the tape extend beyond the ends of the spring, so that the ends of the spring can be firmly sewed to the skirt and the extended ends of the tape be then employed for bending the spring into the desired semicircular form to impart fullness to the dress, and that after this the said extended ends of the tape can be tied together to preserve or maintain the spring in its semicircular or bowed form. A tape or band not the full width of the spring would be useless for the purposes of my invention, in that there would be no longitudinal edges at the longitudinal edges or sides of the spring by which to firmly sew the latter to the ladys skirt. If the tape were of less width than the wire spring and stitches were drawn over the wire bends, the wire, being continuous of the same thickness or diameter, would slip through the stitches by reason of the motion of the skirt on the wearer, and thereby the spring would become disarrangcd, which I entirely avoid. The spring is secured at its ends to the ladys skirt and by sewing through the tape and over the wire bends for the purpose of withstanding the end strain, which is considerable in this class of devices when bent into a semicircle or curve to impart fullness to the dress. Owing to this strain, when the spring is bent, I use the continuous inelastic tape, which withstands the strains at the ends and along the length of the spring, and likewise serves to bend the spring into circular form and to tie and hold it in such position.

By the construction shown the spring can be flexed in four different directions instead of in two. Thus, while a Hat leaf-spring similar to that shown in my patent named above can be bent only in a plane at right angles to the plane of the spring itself, a spring such as shown, when combined with the tape of equal width therewith, may be flexed not only in the manner set forth, but also in the plane of the spring.

The ladys skirt-spring comprising the form of spring and the tape as hereinbefore set forth is exceedingly light and inexpensive in construction.

As shown in Fig. 3, wire loops may be secured to the extended ends of the tape, said loops being connected by an elastic band having at its ends buttons or other devices to engage the loops. This construction will serve to preserve the spring in its position after being bent into a semicircle to impart fullness to the dress or skirt.

I do not broadly claim a spring made of wire bent into serpentine form; nor do I skirt, said tape having its ends extended beyond the ends of the spring for sewing the latter to the skirt and bending and tying the spring into a semicircle or bow for imparting fullness to the dress of the wearer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS MOSCHCONVITZ.

lVitnesses:

LEE MOSCHCOWITZ, FRANK S. GEAR. 

